Dr Hashali Hamukuaya
Hashali is a dedicated advocate for sustainable ocean governance and marine ecosystem protection, leveraging over a decade of experience across academia, government, and non-profit sectors. His work emphasises evidence-based policy and strategic collaboration to drive impactful marine conservation and sustainable development initiatives.
He has contributed to diverse high-profile projects, including combating fisheries crime with FishForce, enhancing ocean biodiversity governance with the One Ocean Hub, and shaping South Africa’s maritime economy at the South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI). At SAIMI, Hashali led research proposal development, managed the Think Tank, and played an important role in Operation Phakisa, a national initiative to unlock South Africa’s ocean economy.
Currently serving as Research Development and Monitoring Manager at the Sustainable Seas Trust, Hashali leads efforts to promote sustainable practices in the blue economy across Africa. His vision is to achieve a better future for Africa’s coastal and marine environments by integrating innovative governance solutions with inclusive stakeholder collaboration.
LLD: Public Law, Nelson Mandela University (2018 - 2021)
Advanced Programme in Risk Management, University of South Africa (2017)
LLM: Mercantile Law, Nelson Mandela University (2016 - 2017)
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Nelson Mandela University (2011 - 2015)
National Senior Certificate, Namib High School (2006 - 2010)
Research
Strategic Leadership
Project Coordination and Management
Problem Solving
Legal Research
Erinosho, B., Hamukuaya, H., Lajaunie, C., Lancaster, A., Lennan, M., Mazzega, P., Morgera, E. & Snow, B. 2022. Transformative governance for ocean biodiversity. In: I.J. Visseren-Hamakers & M. Kok, eds. Transforming biodiversity governance. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108856348
Strand, M., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Niner, H., Wahome, M., Bell, J., Currie, J., Hamukuaya, H., La Bianca, G., Lancaster, A., Maseka, N., McDonald, L., McQuaid, K., Samuel, M., Winkler, A. 2022. Transdisciplinarity in transformative ocean governance research— reflections of early career researchers. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac165
Hamukuaya, H. 2021. The development of cryptocurrencies as a payment method in South Africa. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal. https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2021/v24i0a9364
Hamukuaya, H. & Vranken, P. 2020. The protection of selected labour conditions of fishers in Namibia. In: P. Vranken & C. Hugo, eds. African perspectives on selected marine, maritime and international trade law topics, p. 31–52. Stellenbosch, South Africa. African Sun Media. https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928480471/02
Hamukuaya, H. & Christoffels-du Plessis, A. 2018. The impact of customary rights on marine spatial planning. Iilwandle Zethu. Journal of Ocean Law and Governance in Africa, 2018. https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC-1cd6a3ba70
Hamukuaya, H., Besigye, J., Chauke, T., Mngadi, A., and De Raet, A."Beckoning a New Post-Covid Higher Education Engagement and Transformation Agenda: Lessons from Nelson Mandela University Covid-19 Responses" (2023). Perspectives in Education. https://journals.co.za/doi/10.38140/pie.v41i1.6292
Schrage, E. with van der Walt, JA. van der Walt, G. and Hamukuaya, H. The Road to Justice: The Bible and the Law as Cornerstones of Civilization and Cultures (2023.) https://doi.org/10.52779/9781998951413
Keet, A. Chauke, T. Staphorst, L. Hamukuaya, H. and Honeycomb, N. Disputations: Human Rights, Africanisation, Decolonisation, and the Project of Decentred Critical University Studies." In Emancipatory Human Rights and the University (2024). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003241447
Hamukuaya, H., Bazirake, J. B., Mapaling, C., Honeycomb, N., & Mukadam, N. (2024). Policy crisis and transformation: An exploration of Nelson Mandela university's approach to humanizing the institution. In The Bloomsbury Handbook of Diversity, Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education (pp. 114-142). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Bloomsbury_Handbook_of_Diversity_Cri/BcAdEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=info:gTob_wLBDjMJ:scholar.google.com&pg=PA114&printsec=frontcover
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